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Hello! This is DeafDots, 
11 October 2024. 

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[ANSELMO]: We reported in a DeafDots 
report on August 9 that CRTC is updating 

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its regulations to include closed 
captioning on streaming services. 

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Streaming is the continuous transmission 
of video or audio from a server 

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to Internet-connected devices 
like computers, laptops, tablets, 

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mobile phones etc. CRTC has been 
working on the Online Streaming Act 

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which was amended to the 
Broadcasting Act for television. 

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CRTC says that this would be 
consistent with the purposes 

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of the Accessible Canada Act to 
make Canada free from barriers 

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for persons with disabilities by 2040.

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CRTC has already decided policies 
and regulations related 

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to Television broadcasting. 
For example accuracy of captions, 

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minimal errors, timing spoken 
information to match captions 

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so captions don't show too early 
or delays in captions showing up 

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after it is spoken. Audio and 
captions need to be similar. 

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These are rules for TV. Now CRTC 
wants to know if online should

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 also have the same strict 
rules or different rules? 

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 In this proceeding, we must talk
 only about online streaming 

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 and not talk about broadcast TV. 

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 Focus only on live streaming 
and captions for our accessibility.

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[ANSELMO]: CDGM will be hosting 
a virtual Town Hall meeting 

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on October 20 using zoom and
 anyone can participate. 

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Why did CDGM decide to
 host this online event?

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CDGM called for this virtual Town Hall
 about captioning on live streaming. 

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This is important for our community
 across Canada. We know what we need, 

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like or don't like but we feel we need 
to gather comments and discuss 

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to gather all feedback to make 
sure we don't miss something. 

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We want to make sure 
we cover all bases.

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[ANSELMO]: Why should 
we send comments to CRTC?

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Like I said in my vlog announcement, 
we have captions on all TV programs. 

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Captions for all live streaming programs 
should be the same - on all. 

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Not missing captions, no captions 
or gaps which we all experience. 

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Watching something and there 
are no captions, especially when 

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it's live i.e. news and so on. 
Netflix has captions except for a few. 

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Other live streaming movies 
have no captions, some have. 

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Want to see CRTC force them 
to improve? By forcing and requiring 

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them to provide captions 
all online... movies, news, anything. 

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Come to the Town Hall 
on October 20th.

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[ANSELMO]: Will CDGM file comments
 for individuals or do you plan 

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to file a big report with outcomes 
from the CDGM Town Hall meeting?

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Yes, after the virtual Town Hall has 
been held, our team will write notes 

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of people's comments, experiences 
and feedback based on captions 

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on live streaming. We will compile and 
submit based on community voice. 

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CDGM is Deaf grassroots people
 in the Deaf community and 

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it's really important for CRTC
 to know what we want 

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to see in captions 
for online streaming.

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 The goal is for captions 
on streaming services 

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to be equal to captions
 on broadcast and cable TV. 

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We need to make this loud 
and clear to the CRTC! 

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The new deadline to submit comments 
to CRTC is now 13 November 2024.

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Canada ratified the Convention
 on the Rights of People 

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with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2010. 
Article 28 of CRPD recognizes 

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that persons with disabilities have
 a right to adequate housing. 

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CRPD says that people
 with disabilities have the right 

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to live independently and
 be included in their communities. 

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It wasn’t until 2019 when 
the Canadian Parliament passed 

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the National Housing Strategy Act 
to recognize housing as a human right. 

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[ANSELMO]: In May 2024, the Canadian 
Human Rights Commission (CHRC) 

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which is monitoring housing to ensure 
Canada meets CRPD requirement, 

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sent an email “Updates on the right 
to housing for people with disabilities.” 

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They said they have met with people 
with disabilities and their caregivers 

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to learn about their housing 
situations, and developed 

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a monitoring system to
 track how well Canada is doing 

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on housing for people with disabilities. 
DeafDots contacted CHRC to find out more.

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The CHRC and the Office of the Federal 
Housing Advocate developed 

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a framework to monitor 
the right to adequate housing 

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for people with disabilities in Canada. 
We are looking at housing outcomes 

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for people with disabilities, and 
governments’ policy efforts and resources. 

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This will allow us to track 
whether Canada is meetings 

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its international human 
rights obligations.

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Our framework looks at 
eleven housing areas, including 

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institutionalization, homelessness, 
accessibility and affordability. 

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We are collecting and analyzing
 information in those areas, 

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and will use our findings
 to advance the right 

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to housing for people 
with disabilities in Canada.

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[ANSELMO]: What kind of work
 do you do to track accessible 

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housing for people with disabilities?

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We are tracking whether 
people with disabilities in Canada 

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have housing that meets
 their accessibility needs. 

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We engaged with diverse 
people with disabilities, 

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including Deaf people, to learn 
about the barriers they face. 

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We are advocating for stronger
 accessibility requirements 

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in building codes, and for improved 
data collection in this area.

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How are the needs of Deaf 
residents being assessed 

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and incorporated in the
 monitoring framework?

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The needs of Deaf residents are
 incorporated throughout our framework. 

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For example, drawing on the concept 
of “DeafSpace”, we are looking 

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at whether housing is designed to
 meet Deaf people’s needs and 

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reflect their cultural identities. 
We are also looking 

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at whether people feel safe
 in their homes and communities.

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[ANSELMO]: What will the CHRC
 monitoring framework do going ahead 

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to identify and make known 
the needs of Deaf residents and 

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current obstacles Deaf
 people face in housing?

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We have published some initial 
results on our website, and plan 

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to publish additional results. 
We will also publish a detailed report 

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that explains how we are using data
 to monitor housing outcomes. 

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We hope human rights advocates, 
researchers and policymakers 

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will use our framework 
and findings to advance 

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the right to housing 
for people with disabilities.

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[ANSELMO]: The Canadian government 
does a survey on housing of people 

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with disabilities. This survey is called 
"Canadian Survey on Disability".

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[ANSELMO]: The Canadian Survey 
on Disability (CSD) only asks 

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about the accessible housing needs 
of people with physical disabilities. 

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It doesn't ask about the needs of people 
with other types of disabilities, 

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including Deaf people. Do you have any plans 
to address this exclusion of Deaf people?

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This is one of many data gaps we’ve 
identified through this project. 

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We have been advocating for federal 
departments to address these gaps 

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by updating national surveys, 
such as the CSD. We are also calling 

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for people with disabilities to be included 
when developing surveys, 

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and collecting and analyzing 
data. This would help ensure 

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that surveys reflect their 
housing needs and experiences.

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On October 19, Calgary Association 
of the Deaf is hosting 

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a “Unity in Diversity” event. 

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We asked DeafDots reporter Robyn Mackie
 to find out what this event is about.

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[ROBYN]: Hi Anselmo, I contacted 
Calgary Association of the Deaf and 

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they arranged for us to interview the Chairperson 
of this event “Unity in Diversity.”

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My name is Zahra Bhaijee (namesign), 
I'm from ... grew up in India and 

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moved to Canada 15 years ago. 
Why I got involved as chairperson... 

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myself as an immigrant moving and 
settling here I also support others 

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dealing with immigrating here with resources 
and networking so I felt in my heart 

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to become Chairperson of the event
 Unity in Diversity to unite everybody.

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 What led CAD to hosting this event?

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The CAD board and the Calgary Deaf 
Community recognized that many people 

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were moving in and growing the
 community. Our goal is to get together 

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to establish Unity in Diversity. 
It will be held on October 19.

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What kind of event is “Unity in Diversity”?

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Unity in Diversity will have 
different activities like games related 

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to their countries, 
show facts about each country... 

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flags, people, and
 showing pictures on a screen.

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 We also will have 
different foods for people 

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to taste flavors of different foods. 
We also will wear clothes 

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from our countries to show 
who each person is and their country. 

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Even if people don't have
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they can dress
 in the colors of their country 

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to show visibility and inspiration. 
Colorful and fun event!

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[ROBYN]: What is the purpose 
of the "Unity in Diversity" 

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and who will participate in the event?

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The goal is to come together, 
share stories of their lives 

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and experiences 
growing up in their countries. 

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The goal is to network, educate
 people and show we all are one race, 

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background, color and learn to
 demonstrate the Deaf Community in Calgary. 

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It will be the first time in history 
so the goal is to connect 

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and be together in harmony 
and friendship going forward.

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[ROBYN]: Thanks Zahra. Anselmo, 
if you were in Calgary and 

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show up at this event, I wonder 
what kind of clothes you would wear!

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[ANSELMO]: Ha, maybe you can
 advise me how to dress up?

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[ANSELMO]: Cooper Nickerson
 in Waterloo, Ontario is a Deaf author 

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who published his 
third book "The Deaf Country - 

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A Collection of Short Stories". 
This 349-page paperback is available 

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through Amazon. What made 
Cooper interested in writing books?

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So far I have written 3 books, 
the first 2 books were 15 years ago. 

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The first book was 
"Hear Like The Deaf People", second book 

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"The Lost Deaf Children". 
The latest book is "The Deaf Country". 

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All books are short stories together, 
stories about Deaf people, 

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hearing people's views of Deaf people, 
CODAs, for example involving 

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science fiction, history, ghost 
stories and things like that. 

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What makes me write? 
Well, for enjoyment and inspiration. 

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I write down my imagination. Sometimes
 I write down ideas before I lose my head!

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[ANSELMO}: Ha, what is your name
 sign and tell us about yourself, 

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your upbringing and 
what led you to writing.

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My name is (namesign) from Ontario, Canada. 
I moved here from Nova Scotia 

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33 years ago and I have 
now lived in Ontario 32 years... 

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a total of 65 years old, that's me.

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[ANSELMO}: Did you go to a Deaf school 
and what do you do for a living?

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I grew up in a Deaf school, yes. 
For 10 years, I went to a hearing school. 

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Until Grade 12 and graduated, 
then went to a hearing university. 

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For 2, almost 3 years and then
 I got a job... many different jobs 

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and lived in Nova Scotia. 
Then I moved to Ontario and 

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got a job as a photocopy machine 
repairman, also fax machines, 

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typewriters, calculators and 
other machines for 15 years. 

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Then with technology changes, 
I transferred to work on windows, 

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doors and sidings on houses which 
I did as self-employed for 25 years. 

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Now I work on a farm, partly 
as a hobby as well as a job... 

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my other hobbies are fishing, 
hunting and making boats.

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[ANSELMO]: You appear to be a jack 
of all trades using your hands 

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both for work and to enjoy! The description
 for the new “The Deaf Country” 

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book says the Deaf storyteller’s tells
 about an old deaf man who lived 

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in the house with no one visiting 
him for years until a ‘special’ 

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counselor came along. An ASL 
instructor forgot her insulin kit and 

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suddenly became alarmingly 
scared when her student wasted 

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her time playing around. Then
 a time traveler met a boy named 

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Alexander Graham Bell, 
and the changes in history. 

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And there are ten other tales. 
Thanks for talking with us.

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I hope you people read and 
buy my books from Amazon.

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[ANSELMO]: It’s great 
meeting a Deaf author. 

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We should encourage them to write 
more books by buying their books. 

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